Alan wrote: > Many, if not all, hard drives bundled with the S900 were not compatible with > apple drive setup.
Well, maybe many, but definitely not all. There was a point in '98 at which just about everyone inside Umax got fed up with FWB's driver problems and we started formatting our own HD's with Drive Setup. Can't recall which version, but at some point it started working with the SCSI Quantum and IBM drives we used in the S and J boxes. (It had been working with the IDE Western Digital drives in the C boxes for a while.) I don't believe Drive Setup ever worked with the Micropolis drives we used, and I can't recall how it fared with our Western Digital drives. > My guess is Umax was able to be competitive by not having to pay additional > royalty to Apple for the CD and HD drivers ? I don't believe it was ever a matter of choice. I don't think Apple offered. UCC stayed competitive by working with whichever drive and driver vendors would give us the best volume pricing. FWB and Western Digital were great in this regard. Micropolis was terrible to work with. -Kennedy -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
